Obituaries

Martha Wilkinson Monson

Martha Wilkinson Monson

Dec 13, 2021

Martha Frances Wilkinson Monson, 89, of Lady's Island, died Sunday, December 12, 2021 at the Retreat at Lady's Island. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Copeland Funeral Service - One Copeland Drive.

Marye Kennedy

Marye Kennedy

Dec 9, 2021

Marye Kennedy, 90, of Beaufort, wife of James Kennedy, died Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. No services are planned at this time.

Joanne Bonneville Moses

Joanne Bonneville Moses

Dec 9, 2021

Joanne B. Moses, 89, passed away on December 9 after a brief illness. She spent her childhood in Chevy Chase, MD, graduated from National Cathedral School and Duke University, and spent the first 30 years of her adult life in New Jersey. Nearly 30 years ago she moved to the Low Country, where she fell in love with the area...

Cdr Navy (Ret.)

Cdr Navy (Ret.)

Dec 7, 2021

Glenn Ithamar Miller, the only child of Margaret Hauck Miller and Edgar Warren Miller, grew up on Long Island, NY in the village of Valley Stream. He received a B.S. from Tusculum College, a B.D. from Yale Divinity School, an S.T.M. from New York Theological Seminary along with a certificate in pastoral counseling from the New York Post Graduate Center...

Dorothy "Dottie" Eakin

Dorothy "Dottie" Eakin

Dec 2, 2021

Dorothy Ellen "Dottie" Eakin, 79, of Beaufort, passed away on Thursday, December 2nd, 2021, after a long illness. Dottie was born in Abbeville, SC in 1942 to the late Ollie Nickles Eakin and Ellen Ferguson Eakin. After graduating from Beaufort High School in 1960, she received a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Erskine College. She retired from John C....

Robert Mitchel

Robert Mitchel

Nov 28, 2021

Robert McKinney Mitchel July 29, 1933- November 27, 2021 'Don't cry for me now I have died, for I'm still here I'm by your side, My body's gone but my soul is here, please don't shed another tear.' Robert McKinney Mitchel, age 88, of St. Helena Island, South Carolina, passed away peacefully, Saturday, November 27, 2021. He will be best...

Oscar "Sonny" Bishop

Oscar "Sonny" Bishop

Nov 25, 2021

On November 7, 1934, Oscar Rudolph Bishop and Ruth Steinmeyer Bishop welcomed their first child - a tiny, premature baby boy that they named Oscar Rudolph Bishop, Jr. They kept him warm in a small dresser drawer by the oven in their home, the old Fuller Plantation caretaker's house on St. Helena Island. As their baby grew into a little...

Joan F. Haskett

Joan F. Haskett

Nov 15, 2021

Joan F. Haskett, 91, of Beaufort, South Carolina, died Sunday, November 14, 2021, at Beaufort Nursing and Rehab. No service is planned at this time.

Joanne Lewis Schaekel

Joanne Lewis Schaekel

Nov 9, 2021

Ms. Joanne 'Cookie' Cecelia Lewis Schaekel, 74, of Chapin, South Carolina passed away on November 6, 2021. She was born February 1, 1947, in Quantico, VA, the second of four children born to Raymond Eugene and Josephine Lewis. A Beaufort High School graduate, she went on to receive her Bachelor of Science from East Carolina University. She returned home to...

Nancy Beverly Phillips

Nancy Beverly Phillips

Nov 5, 2021

Nancy Ann Beverly Phillips, 70, of Port Royal, died Friday, November 5, 2021, at her residence. Nancy was retired, after 30 years with the Beaufort County Sherriff's Department as a Corporal with the E-911 Emergency Telecommunications System. Nancy is survived by a son, Donnie Phillips Jr., and a sister, Betty Heath. A graveside service will be held at 2 o'clock...

Mary Martin Prindle

Mary Martin Prindle

Nov 3, 2021

Mary Martin Prindle, 94, passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at her residence at the Oaks in Beaufort, SC. She formerly resided in The Villages, FL and Hurricane and Poca, WV. Mary was born in Johnson City, TN on June 29, 1927. Her family moved to West Virginia when she was 6 and settled in Eleanor, WV. She was...

Patricia Molly Ashley

Patricia Molly Ashley

Oct 31, 2021

Patricia Molly Ashley, 88, of Lady's Island, South Carolina and widow of Master Sergeant Charles Meade Ashley Jr., United States Air Force (Ret.), died Sunday morning, October 31, 2021, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Copeland Funeral Service - One Copeland Drive.

Caitlyn Cooler

Caitlyn Cooler

Oct 25, 2021

Caitlyn Cooler, 27, of Beaufort, died Friday, October 22, 2021. Caitlyn was born in Beaufort, SC and was a daughter of Angel Alford Powell and Bobby Cooler Jr. She was a 2012 graduate of Thomas Heyward Academy, where she played softball and basketball. Caitlyn scored over 1,000 points while playing basketball. She and her team mates won state championships in...

Ann Petrea

Ann Petrea

Oct 19, 2021

Ann Petrea, 88, of Fripp Island, South Carolina and wife of Ralph Petrea, died Monday, October 18, 2021, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Copeland Funeral Service - One Copeland Drive.

Gunnery Corps (Ret.)

Gunnery Corps (Ret.)

Oct 18, 2021

Gunnery Sergeant David M. Bilyeu, United States Marine Corps (Ret.), 66, of Beaufort, South Carolina and husband of Kathleen Rodriguez Bilyeu, died Monday, October 18, 2021, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. David was a son of the late Robert E. Bilyeu, Sr. and Dorothy A. Hackney, a brother of Robert Bilyeu Jr. (Brenda), Frank Bilyeu (Lynette), the late Thomas Bilyeu and...

Robert E. Barron

Robert E. Barron

Oct 18, 2021

Robert E. Barron, 84, of Lady's Island, South Carolina and husband of Patricia Hudson Barron, died Sunday, October 17, 2021, at his residence. No service is planned at this time.

Rachel T. Tiller

Rachel T. Tiller

Oct 15, 2021

Rachel T. Tiller, beloved wife to James Kelly Tiller, III and beloved mother to Josh K. Tiller and Jason 'Jake' K. Tiller, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the Medical University of South Carolina's ICU on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, after a courageous battle against the effects and complications of rheumatoid arthritis. She was 77 years old. Rachel was...

Nancy Jean Johnson

Nancy Jean Johnson

Oct 12, 2021

Nancy J. Johnson passed away peacefully on October 11, 2021, at home with her family following a long illness. She was born to late John Paul Synnott, II and Aldona Isabel Yanchitis Synnott on January 25, 1939, in Bridgeport, CT. and had four siblings: Patricia Ann Webb, Bonnie Jaqueline (Corris) Synnott, and John Paul Synnott, III, all of whom are...

Annette Kay Mcbride

Annette Kay Mcbride

Oct 12, 2021

Annette Kay McBride passed away peacefully at home on October 10th at the age of 63 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She is survived by her children Daniel Coyne (Lee), Jason Kelley (Holly) & Brandi Kelley along with numerous beloved grandchildren, her sisters Suzanne Merriman, Ann MacNeill & Jeanette McBride. She was preceded by her brother Carl McBride....

Richard "Terry" Weiland

Richard "Terry" Weiland

Oct 4, 2021

Richard Terence 'Terry' Weiland, 75, of Beaufort, South Carolina, died Saturday, October 2, 2021, at his residence, CAVU in Burton, South Carolina. Terry was born in Miami, FL, and was the son of the late Lt. Col Charles Patrick Weiland and Josie Matthews Mitchell. Terry was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and was a Lieutenant in the...

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